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2018 Alberta Literary Awards Shortlist
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The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is excited to announce the finalists for the 2018 Alberta Literary Awards. Each year, the Alberta Literary Awards recognize and celebrate the highest standards of literary excellence from Alberta authors. (For a full list of nominees, visit https://writersguild.ca/media-release-2018-alberta-literary-awards-shortlist/)
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R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature (Chapter Books)
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She got a boyfriend, which surprised her—
she hadn’t realized she wanted one. He was a mill boy she met while sitting by herself at the marina’s outdoor restaurant, waiting for her steak dinner. She’d learned this from her mother: a good way to meet people was to take yourself out for dinner.
The young man fished on the weekends, and was cleaning his catch, slicing salmon and extracting their spines. She saw him notice her. Then he approached and offered her a fish wrapped in newspaper, the way another man might offer a bouquet of roses. “I like a girl with an appetite,” he said.
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Nominated for Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story for The Last One to Leave, Nominated for the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
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Nominated for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
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Nominated for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Island of the Blue Foxes
Disaster and Triumph on Bering's Great Voyage to Alaska
edition:Hardcover
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Nominated for the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
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Nominated for the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
